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Jas. T. Bacon. Thos. J. Adams. EDITORS. E. KEE8E, Cor rea pondir.fr Editor. "fidgefleld, 9. Cn J?ly J?. 1881? THE PRESIDENT'S CONDITION NOT SO HOPEFUL. - On Saturday last, quite unexpect . edly it would seem,'Presiden Garfield had two chilla, or "rigors," as they aie called in tha dispatches, since which time his condition has not been so hopeful as for two weeks before. In fact many eminent physicians are now uttering very gloomy prognosti cations as to the result of . his case The cause of these rigors is said to have been the formati ? of a. pus cav ity at the turn in thg.tjraglittMQh wa? " performed, whereby th s drawback waa in agr?ai degree removed. From the present prospects, it seems to br e direly uncertain whether the Pre*i <knt will recover or not COXKLING'S SUCCESSOR. We made a mistake last week ir saying that the New .York Leg islature had adjourned, after electing Miller to succeed Platt- On the con. ; trary they remained in session and J on Friday last succeeded in electing a successor to the great and nasty Conkling. His name is Lapham, and he is said to be a thoroughly commot place man. The present Senators from New York are Miller and Lap ham, both Republicans; and the groat and nasty Conkling retires tb ignoble obscurity. DEATH OF ?EN. PEMBERTON, A Sketch of the Lile of the Distingult-b ed Confederate Soldier. [Special to ?he American.] .PENLYS?T, PA., July 13.^-Gen. John C. Pemberton, who cam??anded the Confederate forces at Vicksburg when 8urrendered to Gen. Grant, died here - thia afternoon atabout 5 o'clock. The deceased was born in Philadelphia, in 1817, and, entering West Point, graduate 1 in 1837. He was promo ted to a First Lieutency of Artillery in 1842, and acted aa aidfie-camp to Gen. Worth during the Mexican war. For gallantry at Monterey, in 1846, he waa bievetted- aa Captain, and aB Major for gallantry at Molino del Rey in 1847. He also distin guished himself at Contreas and Cherubusco, and at the capture ol the city of Mexico, in which he was wounded, fie became Captain Sep tember 16, 1850, and resigned in 18^1, to enter the Confederate ser vice aa a Colonel of Cavulry. Ht waa appointed Assistant Adjutant? General to General Joseph iE. John ston, and in 1862 he became a Briga dier-General and soon afterwards Lieutenant General. He was assign ed to the commaud of the army in Northern Missiesipt i, but, being de feated at Champion Hills, May 16, 1863, and at Big Biack river, the next day, he retreated to Vicksburg, where he was shut up by General Grant The latter made an experi mental assault upon Pemberton'* lines, May 19, but, being repul?edj settled down to a regular siege. Gen eral Grant's torces were increased to 70000, while Pemberton had but 25,000 effective men, waa deficient in ammunition and had rations for only sixty day8.. The investment contin ued with an almost .constant bom bardment until July 3rd, when, hav' ing no hope of relief, Pemberton in vited an interview with General Grant, and the next day, July 4,1863! Vicksburg was surrendered on Hon orable terms. .The same day wit nessed the first struggle at Uettys burg, so that this period waa justly considered the decisive* crisis of the war. The prisoners surrendered at Vicksburg numbered 27,000, the to tal previous loss of the Co -federates being reckoned at 10,000, and the to tal Union at S.575. At the close of ? the war he was inspector of artillery, commanding at Charleston, South Carolina. When peace was restored he br?ame a farmer near Warrenton, Fauquier county, Virginia. He sub sequently engaged in business in Philadelphia. Redmond lb? Outlaw. Tho friends of Msj. Redmond will be pleased to learn that not withstand ing he waa seriously wounded when captured he ia getting well. His 8-fven wounds-first in the back, sec ond and third in right shoulden foarth through right ?rm, fifth and sixth in left hip, seventh in left thigh -are, hs writes, nearly, all healed His wounds are by large balls, two 8;xteen -hooters and one Mipsissippi rifle being brought to bear upon him? with some muskets and double barrel gune. He writes me that 25 or 30 ahot9 were fired at him. His trial will be had at Asheville, N. C, at the November term of Court. Col. C. M. McLoud, who is said to be an able liwyer,' is bia attorney. Redmond has the chance of giving bond in the sum of .$2,500. His friends in thia county and in Transylvania County, N. C., will make it for him.-Ander son lntellig-.nc^r. Honored and Blest. When a board of*' eminent physi cians and chemists announced the discovery that by 'combining some ?well known valuable rem?di?e, the most wonderful medicine waa pro duced, which wou^ core such a wido range of diseases that most all other remedies could be dispensed with, many were sceptical, but proof of uta merits by actual trial hos dispell- i .ed all doubt, and to-day the discov- ? jerers of that great medicine, Hop Bit- ' ?tera, are honored and blessed by all < For tue Advertiser. f i GOOD D A FOR THE EDtiEFELD t AIRER AND TRENTON R. R. \ \ Fifteen Hundred, and PittY Dollars , Subscribed in the Twinkling of an / ( < Eye. BAUSKETT'S POND, July 21, 'SI. MESSRS. EDITORS-At a barbecne given at this place, the main purpose of which was to get together the peo ple of Edgefield, Trenton an Aiken, in the' interest of the Edgefield, Tren ton and Aiken Railroad, on motion of Mr. A. J. Norris, < aptain Le?is Jones, the president of the Road, was called to tho chair. He stated the object of the meeting in a very inter eating speech, giving an account ol his stewardship as President of said Road. President Jones said he had com uleted the ^radios oi ,tk<? u-J j!?iz? VXX-?^J?ing a tew small grips which were of very little consequence, -md that the unds of the Road were now about exhau3ted. He made an earnest appeal to the people to make arrangements to raise the necessary tunda to complete the grading to Aiken, a distance cf about six miles and said that if the work was allowed to stop, it would be much more diffi cult to Lret it started again and fin tshed than if it was keptmoving now; that about three hundred and fifty dollars per month ia all he needs to keep the . wenty-seven convicts at work; that Edgefield had already ie sued twelve, thousand dollars worth of bonds, which have been sold; that ' T enton subscribed two thousand five hundred dollars worth of bonds, one thousand, five hundred of which have been issued and sold; that Aiken vo ted against issuing bonds, but some of her enterprising citizens had raised about one thousand dollars by private subscription; that Charleston had also subscribed two thousand dollars by private subscription; and that all this is about exhausted; and he beg ged the citizens not to let the r .;k stop when there waa only six miles more to be graded. . The Chairman then called for speakers. Mr. A. J. Norris, Dr. W. H. Timmerraan, Capt. T. H. Clark, Dr. Croft, Dr. B. H. Teague, Mr. Jas Aldrich, Mr. 0. C. Jordan, and oth ers, made interesting speeches in fa vor of the Road, and of Railroad* generally. All present were very enthusiastic on the, subject. Mr Norris moved that two committees be appointed by the Chairman, one 'or Shaw's Creek, and one lor Aiken, to solicit subscriptions to continue the grading of the Road. The following are the committees: Shaw's Creek-Dr. W. H Timmer man, Aquilla S. Seigier, B. F. Lan. drum, Jr. Aiken-0. C. Jordan, P. J. Rock well, A. D. Beckman. Capt. Jones, the kind host, then announced dinner, and it proved to be "Suparb, Magnifique by Gar.' The barbecue, "mg-un-sass, taters ?md hash.'" in fact, everything was ' bully." Mabin did it. After din ner, Capt. Jones sent for the convicts. They soon came and surrounded the same table, filled with the same gooH "truck." While they were at the table, in full view of the crowd, Capt Jones asked that they be inspected, as to their condition. The universal opinion of the crowd was that the convicts were in fine condition and well cared for. In the meantime the two committees were not idle, for in a very short time, they announced one thousand, five hundred and fifty (?1,550) dollars, subscribed to the Railroad fund. The crowd then gradually dispers ed, well .filled and well pleased. Nothing whatever occurred to mar the pleasure of the day. W. S. ADAMS, Sec'ty. For the Advertiser. Crops in the Ninth Regiment* Editors of Advertiser: Your cor respondent having recently traveled over a portion of the ninth Regiment, had an oppor; unity of seeing the con dition of the yrops of corn and cotton ; and as most ol the Bmall grain had been recently threshed, no guess work was necessa ry aa to that crop. Wheat, as a gen eral thing, does not prove a remuner ative crop in this section, and most of the farmers have abandoned sowing it. The oats proved about a hall crop. These lands are well adapted for oats, and the reasons given for the shortness of this crop, were that the oats were not sown at the usual time, that'the seed was badly ploughed in, that very little manure was used, that the unusual cold winter cau?ed an imperfect stand, and that the dry ppring had capped the climax ol drawbacks. AU readily admitted that the fault was primarily in not planting earlier in the fail. No crop that can be raised upon there lands, with the same expense, pays as well as the oat crop; and under no crop does manure pay better than an oat crop. I speak fi om experience. The treatment of our ?soil has im poverished our farms, and the effects of the Lien Law have made our far mers poorer every year. Instead ol using improved agricultural imple ments, whe: eby we could cultivate the same area of land with a third less labor and cultivate it better, most of us are disposed co follow in the old rut. And the result of the mat ter ts empty smoke housep, empty barns, lean atook, horees and mules that upon an average would not briug in the market $50,00 per head-about what they are assessed at. , The upland corn seemed to be a i failure on account of the poverty of I soil, and of very little manure being ' wed. And of comae the dry weath , jr has also had a great deal to do { pvitb the failure. Ik would eee?,|< rom the experience these planters lave had for the past three years, hat a change is absolutely necessary br them. Corn on branches and :reek bottoms looks well, and these ire the only spots of land upon which corn will be raised to any extent thia year. Cotton h as size enough, and has been doing well until within a few days past, but the dry weather has at ast been too severe for this plf nt The forrard cotton h ns stopped growing; and from the present tut look, not more than two thirds of an averase crop ean be raised this year I may, however, be mistaken. I am aware that persons who have given liens upon their crops report that they never bad better crops; and you never heard one of these persons who j upually buy every thing on a credit, , have a BOrxyxroD. Th.1 nmr. the cotton; but Irom some unioreheen eau ie their cotton never opens. Un less lam in error, my observations convince me that our planters, will realize but little clear money by this ' crop, even by using the utmost econ nmy from now until auother ernp ip made. SOLON. For the Advertiser. \ statement From ountr? mau." I MESSRS EDITORS-A communion tien signed "A A. Clisby. Intendant,*' purporting, among other things, to be a reply to an article signed "Coun tryman," which I took occasion tu write for a former issue of your paper, criticizing the action of th Town Council in levying a tax on our Beel market, appeared in the Advertiser ol the 14th instant. As the object for which that article was written has been accomplished, via , the repeal of the ordinance-I deem another un necessary, except to brieuy notice ont point in his replyi He raises an issue of veracity in re gal d to the reduction of the revenu* of the Town. I stated in the article signed "Countryman," that they-the Town Council-"took from the reve nue cf thc Town fourhundsed dollar? by lowering the Municipal Tax on Ba-r Rooms." Mr. C., Intendant sayn-I quote his words-"Ike licence has no!, been champed in price, and parties who arc engaged in such fastness pay two hun dred dollarsperr annum: thc same that haslem paid for years." The num ber of retail bar rooms in the Village is four, heretofore paying two hun dred dollars each. I append below the form of a re cei; t furnished by the Council for li cense, and leave it to the public to judge who ia "maliciously false" and who has deliberately lied The following is a copy of receipt -illuded to: Received of-One Hun dred Dollars in full, for license to sell spirituous liquors in quantities less than a barrel, for the ter-m of twelve months, b-ginning on the 25th day of Aoril, ISSI. [Signio] A. A. CLISBY, . - . . Intendant. The remainder of his "small space" I decline to notice, being of no inter est to the public. W. H BRUNSON. For the Advertiser. Aiktii Items. The hot .veather continues and the President still lives. Old friend Stafford, the contractor and builder, moved to Aiken about four weeks ago, and he now bas three Urge buildings in cour-e of ereciou- j two dwelling houses and one store house. Mr. F. B. Henderson lately bought a lot of Mr. Schmidt, for which he gave .$1.350, and the building is to cost about SI,000 It is to be a two story brick more. Property here is at gilt edge prices. The Court House is goiDg up rap idly. Mr. Woodward the contractor, had a slight sunstroke some two weeks back. Aiken has become quite a summer resort for the people of Charleston and Augusta. There are many of them here. The oat crop was a failure. Corn a? d cotton would be tolerably good if we could get rain. We have three Trial Justices here and every day the mill grinds. Some cases are very attuning. One, last week, was a colored boy for vagrancy. He employed Mr. D. to defend him Mr, D. asked permission of the Court to be allowed to see the defendant privately. He took the prisoner into the back ysrd and found that some thing had to be done. The attorney took from his own pocket, and gave he buy a handful of silver, r-o fha? he might be able to show to the Court s?-me visible means of support. He was taken back into Court, and was soon asked if he had any money. He said he had, and was then told to show it, which be triumphantly did and an order for his discharge ?ss j granted. But while Mr. D. was draw ing the order, the prisoner, learning the way out at the back door, steppen forth into light . nd liberty, and has not beeu seen by either the Court or attorney since. So you see the attor ney beat the Court, and the prisoner beat the attorney. Such is life ! I W?D, you lose ! Drummers are is thick here as sand fiddlers. I agree with yon exactly about the Graded School in Edgefield. Senator Callison Beems to think wo are doing about as well as could be, and that our people are too poor to send their chiidreu to school more than S or 4 months in tho year. I must beg leave io differ with the Senator. If we bad ?chools to last six months he would 3> o them largely attended. At d un leefe our schoolfl do last longer, there cannot be much benefit derived from them. The subject of education isa pery important one, and the canse should he pleased to a triumphant rttccees. Q. For the Advertiser. From Jobiteton io Hallulla. MESSBS. EDITOR.- :-Havis, jost .eturned from an extendef tour brough our State, from .Tohrfctorc to {Valhalla, and ihinking a sl>rt nc jount of my trip might not prc? jninters3ting to your many meiern, [ venture this eommiinicat:~& and rrust you will find roora for it " your paper. As we paG3 through the ap] ir por tion of our county, we not:e the crops are looking well f->r tU time of the year; especially is this th? ?ase in the Ninety-Six ?ection, i khouh eve ry one was ? omplaining of te dry weather. We spend two day'pleas antly at Ninety-Six with irieES.'and then turning our face nonward, *tart in earnest upon the log trip "thlvfc lien haforo Uf). We soon come to Cokc-sbury i dis tance of fifteen miles from Bnety Six, here we strike a beautiiffUndy country, and lor a distance of dwen ty miles along the taiiroad it ftrik ingly resembles the Ridge tprinp Countrv. Coke3bury with its'wide ..hady streets ie a be-iutifuI,"jUce Hodges Depot only two tuiles ditant is evidently building up; ?iud Ok es bury, like old Cambridge, ia dpsined at some future day to be only a tiing of the past. At Donaldsville, .the next station from Hodges,J*y8rtfe*ji the railroad and pass through a hilly country for twenty one mils to An derson C. H. We are surmised lo 2nd Andereon such a ?<?nshinp place; its public square has all the appearances of a city. M.ny fine private residences' can be se? on al most eve.ty street, and the haa'iful and well kept flower gardens n front of them, we have never seen axpais ed anywhere. ?n route from here to Senea City, wo pass through Old Peudletn, still a place of some importance We found a visit to the factory interest ing, although it wa3 not riYnT?t^^rj^ the time. Seneca City is beauti'ully situated, and is fast building up. Ii bids fair soon to be one of the host fl jtirishing towns of tho upper/aun t-ry Walhalla, distant ten miles J?onu here, we reach just at sunset on tai second d.>yb travel from N.u ty ?ax Here we meet many kind frienalruho nuke our visit a. delightful one tons. This is 6till a good business pince; it is inhabitants are mostly Gel mans, a sturdy a^d industrious set of people They have a church neve in wuicb pieaching is doce in their own lan guage. They also have a brewery sut rounded by a beautiful park, waere around little tables, late in the aiter noon, they can be seeL taking their b-er. We had not been many days here before it was proposed to visit tun nel Hill Mountain, distant ten niles So getting up a small party, which i.< made lively and gay fey the additior of two charming young ladies,* wi .?start, esr/ty on ?i cool niOiTTing^amr^i we drive rapidly onward over tht hard country road inhale the fresh mountain air, and view th? magniti cent scenery around us, our spirit ripe to the importance of the occa' sion, and wo begin to experience tht first real pleasure ot our trip. Ar. riving at the base o' Lhe mountain we begin our ascent by a circuitoui route, and after an hour'p drive "w< come to a small level place surrov.ud ed by bushes and aie told we arc a the top. Wo drive on a sturt dis taoce towards the tunnel, when sud denly coining to an open place on ih< mountain side, we obtain a view thai is al o ce sublime and beautiful. Ii trout ol' us a beautiful landscape coveted with gro - t forests and dot ted with farms and Villages, stretcher itself away until it is lost to vie?, upon the distant crest of the mist) hoi:..DU. Walhalla lies almost at oui feet, while Anderson C. h.. is seen ai a white .:,pot forty miles away. JV hind us the rugged peaks of the Bin? R i dge i aise t h< ms-.- ! vt s gi au dVy agyhsl the sky. A thort distance from heit wu como to ike tunnel, an immense piece of work cut thrungli solid rock lor over a mile, at a cost of a million dollars. After all this work, this Blue Ridge road was abandoned, and Irom present appearances will nev ci be built. From the tunnel we gc down the Mountain nearly a mile to the falls, called Irtquena, alter an Indian maiden who is said to have leaf ed off these rocks into the foaming rap ids below, because her fatherseparated her fr??rn her awe theare Whether this legend is true or not, it is in deed a goud place to commit RtsicTds. A large branch tails over the rockt for a distance o' about seventy-five feet. With much difhculty we sue ceed in making our way nearly to the bottom ot the falls, andas v-e stand lhere and gaz-i up at the madly rush mg stream, we thiuk it the most beau t lui place we have ever seen. With much regret we turn away from the falls and go back to take a parting view from the suram.t. While here we huve lunch, and ?? fter drinking some of the coldest water imaginable from a well on-the mountain we start for home, satitiied that this has been thc most enjoyable day of our life. Our trip from begining ts ond was tho most pleasant we h-?vo ever ex perienced, lt was made doubly so by the presence of so many beautiful and accomplished young ladies in Walhalla; to one especially are *>e indebted for the greater part ol the enjoyment ol our '..ip. and the many par ies, drives and promenades gotten up for us bv her will ever be ivmetn herod; aud if while aro'ie, oar heart has been torn from us, we mupt say that the pleariire ot tho pain was on !y equaled by tho regret at parting J R.S. Now 1H the timo to pay for ytmr : AJ?VRRTTSLE it. ' For the Advertiser. A Happy Day at Clyde's Chapel. CLOUD'S CREEK. July 16. lc81. MESSRS EBITOBS:-YOU failed to put in your promised appearance ai Clyde's Chapel. If you don't do bet ter, we will berriD to think your pa t-er ie more punctual than you are We are glad at ali times to get the Advertiser, and we would be proud to have you with U3 on auch occasions a? the one at Clyde's Chapel on the 13th, in order that you. through the pres*, might let the world know thitt we live and are progressing. The affair as a whole was a gratify ing success. Brother V. A. Herlong ope nea thc exercises, after a hymn or two had been sung, by prayer. Ero. Artemus Watson introduced as first speaker, the "old niar.slorjuont," Rev A. P. Norris. Hid was a.ihort :-pcech, and he had time only to deal in gen* j eralitie3, but that he did in fine style" and we could not help feeling diaap pointed, when his time waa out, tnat he did not go on. After him came Rev. J. L Stoke*. "Nov,-" he made the basis ol his remark?, which were lor the most part directed to tLe young lolks-the boys and girls. Hi< nneech was an effective one, full o teeling-kindly interest in lite spirit ual welfare of the young-while at the same time it evidenced hi? faith in the powerful ?LSnance of Sunday "schools for good. Tuen Bro. WattOu gave usa talk which was appropriate tnd well timed, at the concludion o. which he announced recess and din ner. Only a few carcasses had been bar becued, and the success of tH dinner depended upon the ladies. Tn ey Cline up to the rescue with a heart} good will, and the table was laden with the good things of life-such as epicures glory in. There was a large crowd-much larger than waa ex. DcCted-yet there was an abundauct and to spare. And just here I wil. ^mention that Mr. Henry Clim, o? I Ridge Spriog, brought over his soda iouut, apparatus for making ice creamy and a load of ice and lemons, and dei up A "bonatjZi" such as never bet?rt seen in the pine woods, for the bene tit ot the chuich. Tue day wa?, in tensely hot, and the bouanzt wat very engel!y patronized by the pant mg, thirsty crowd, and qu.t? a nie* -nm of muney waa realized, which goes to help pay lor the uew church. Aft*r dinner, the 1. dies, havinc ag lied the hou^-e to ovet .'lowing, leaving thc "lords of creation'" U stand up out doors in the sunshine and et-ioy man's privileges, Rev. J B. Traywick delivered an address) We will net attempt to describo h -u??ice it to eay, it was a fine en\>rt an effort characteristic of the man full of genuine truth, logic and spir i'u^lity. We art. pleased, we ar, gxtified, and the measure of our hope. \ has been fulfilled. Such thing.', art , in keeping with the spirit of the age ? ?nd they have an inspiring educa' . "??rhii? ceirtJ?ucy, v?lncb give? to tbt . minds of all a sort of divine impnl i sion which is necessary to proper in tellectual and spiritual progress, j We would not omit co mention th< . name of Henry S. Werte, tho faithfu , Superintendent o^ the Sunday Schoo at Clyde's Chapel, for to him, per haps more than to all others, is dui \ the honor of rearing up a respectabli , house for God's worship. E. J. G. ^ Take Ayers Pills for all the pur poses of a puigative, for Constipation Indigestion, Headache > nd Live] 3 Complaint. By universal accoid . j they are the best of ali purgative: j for famiiy use. , TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. Whereas, tho All wiso Creator in Hi' ' Wisdom bas seen lit to remove from oui [ midst, bv His providence, our b**love( Rrotber, G KORO i: W. NIXON, an eflicien ' Deacon of our church. and our much be , lov??d Sister, M AU< . ARKT .IONICS, an n-oc iiiid respected member; bu it resolved, ; 1st. That we, as Christians, humbly submitting to tbodeereo of our Eieavenl Pather feel that as a Church we aro soreij ? bereaved and called upon lo bear a hcav\ burdon, voiaro e >u<uralnerl to sav. ' ') hj ? ^ will be done," knowing that our present . inss is their eternal train. '?(]. That IP the death of our belove* Brother and sister, Bethlehem Cha ret and this community have susiaiued ar irreparable loss, ! 3d Th*t those rosOlutions be inscribed on a pngo in our Church Bible, and on: i f> IKh in our Minute Book, a a slight nie murial of departed Worth and onraflec ti?ai. .Ith. That, our deepest sympathies ar? hereby expended to the bei caved familia 1 of our Brother and Sister in this theil i great loss iib Teal a copy of those resolutions be son to the bereaved familia*, of oin Brother and sister, and ono nopy to thc Edgefield Advertiser for publicatl* n. Done hy order of Bethlch-ut Church Julv Kith, WWI. S. G. MERIWETHER, C. C j Preamble ant! Resolutions in Honor ol A . the Rev. J. F. Peterson, Deceased. I j , . * " ' At tho regui.ir meeting of the Red '? j Bunk Baptist Church, EdgeMol i County, H. C , July 16th, ItMl, the following pre amble and resolutions were unanimously i adopted: Whereas, it has pleased our Heavenly Father, in the exercise of His divine providence, to remove from our midst bv tho hand of death, our venerable and aged Father in Israel, th? Rev. .1 F. PK TKKSON, who, fur lil years, ministered to us in holy things, be it, therefore Resolver!, 1st. That, while our hearts are saddened at thu thought ol a silenced voice, which for so many years has been exercised among us as a loving shepherd and as a faithful watchman, warning and admonishing "in season and out of sea sou," through which instrumentality ihr blessings of Heaven have been so repeat edly vouensafed unto us, and which wo all cherished as the voice ofa spiritual father, we de-iro to bow in humble sno mission to the will of our Heavenly Ka ther, feeling assured I hat our loss is his eternal irain. Rcantved, L'd. That our beloved and honored lather in Israel, for alunit 43 years, by his ardent labors as a minister 01 Christ, by his strict adherence to the doctrine of salvation through grace, by his unwavering faith iu Christas thu sin ner's onlv Savior, by bis self sacrifice and devotion to his Master's CUU?o, and hi? eagerness for thc Having ?if ?inners, for the edification of believers in ilndr must billy faith, has "showed himsell ap proved unto Gud, a workman tba: used eth not to bo ashamed, rigutly dividing the word of truth," ami by his many long and successful pastorates, has en deared himself to many loving hearts ihrutigbout thc bounds of too ridgefield Assucialiuu. Re*olved,Sd Thatapag in our Church R-oord no inscribed to his memory. BeaotveH, -1th. That a copy of this pro amble and resolutions bo sent to tho Edgetield Advertiser and ono to the Bap' tist Courier for publication. J. A. CARSON, Mod. J. F. DANIEL, 0. 0. Departed this lift at tho r?sidence of; her son-in law, Hon. G. D. Till in nu, on thelfttho July, lWl. after a lingering illness. Mr.-; MAP.UAUET JoxF.s, in tho 72d year of her ac,1'*. She wa?! n meinbor of ibo Bethlehem Baptist Church from its organization, sharing with all Gods people the promises in a eruciGod and resurrected Savior. Sha wns a Kind neighbor and friend, a loving mid devoted mother and grand- mother, and leaves an only daughter and seven grand-children feeling that they cannon* utter the most endearing name on earth, only In connection with memories of the past and the blessed hope of the future. Tho Lord com nth for his own. let us bow in resignation. J. P. M. Died ac his residence on the 3d of Julv, after a few hours illness, Mr. GEORGE W. NIXON", in ihn G 2d year of hin ace. He united with the Baptist Church at Red Oak Grove, in 1842, and was one of rho members who constituted the Beth lehem Baptist Church, of which ho ro mained an efficient member and deacon lo the time of his death, where bte Iicrh! and inllnenee, shining through his life, has left such an evidence nf. his pun Christian character, thee it will long I e fe't by thoso who know him*. As ahm? hand, father, neighbor, friend end citizen warmth and depth of'ove, tenderness of feeling, honesty nf purpose; faithfulness to du tv, with firmness tempered liv Christian moderation were striking char acv>ris ics of hin life. He leaves a wile and eieht children with n.eircloof friends and ?o'.atives whoso lamentation Ls a good man ha? fallen. His death thon eh sudden, found him with his lamp trim med and bnrnin?*, and himself awaiting the Master's summon?. "Enter ve into the joya of thy bord." J. P. M. Died at bi? residence near Red Bank nhureh. Edg^IMd county. S. C.. Rev. J F PETERSON in tho S5f h year of his age on the Huh ofjune. 1?-?1 Tho death nf thi? veteran of above- four score vear?. was hv no means an unex pected event, with thoa? who were eon versant with bis condition, but for weeks and even month-? previous to hi? d?eeasp. th? emir? religious heart of our o ramu nity bent in ?incere svmp^thv with this teed and beloved man of God. aa thpy tritnasjwd th? telline P?T>etn produced liv th? gradual d?oav of bo*!i his phvsica*' -ind nvntal faculties; and fr .tn tiri? eir enmstance feeling a?sured that h's lif< work was necessarily complete and ihm ho was in Hie strictest sense of the word re:idv f r ihn ?'golden harvest;" together wbh his own earnest longine? to de;?ar* and b? with Jesus, caused al] to ?xpr*a* an entire willingness to nequiescein thi ?tnt nfl ?ods divine providence. Prom what can be gathered from (he ?arly life of tho d.-?ea-ed. alf rd- suffi cient grounds to assert that be w is natu rally a man of a strone intrepid, inde pendent character. exorcising an undy ing antipathy towards every form ot hvpocrjsy, end holdintt himself above whal be regarded as b?ine really n mom action. Re was uncompromising in hi* I'inwn until convinced liv sound logo-, or otherwise overpowered bv the spirit o' Di vin? ('. race, and when once convinced f the justin* of his cause, he had no ser U ::!<.? in serving his convictions. Thes? ^triking Kharacterisrics cau?ed him in early lila. Uko the disciple of Gamaliel, ..o sf ur? no menin of ttl ir Ung his vet? - LUV? ou ii-,r. <\ -r.nsfa'i1" d ?ct ?...io of t'*e udespi<ei! N Ka-ins" button ? '-arl' nisbtrud weapons in his atteo?ots down tho cause in which hehiinse) destined to bo so important a facto. >r IA was indeed a chosen vessel, and .brough liini Cod designed to mightily r un vince the gainsayers. The natural intrepidity of the mnn anil his firmness of purpose, remained midis i turb-d by the breaking in ot Ute iight ol the.'Sun of Righteousness," and from ? the loeforth ho strove earnestly, though, unassumingly to bud i up tho cause .1 hts Divine Master, and to show himself . approved unto God. a workman thal needKh not to b" a?hamed. rightly di . vining the word oj truth.'* lie. was real 'v mofH than ordinary in hiy diviue call ' ?ne. having a clearing conception nf bis : special work, and more deeply and con Stan Iv impressed with its magnitude and importance. The burden of snub , wa? truly upon him, and his almosi. un conscious exclamation wa-*: ''Woe unto mn if f preach not the gospel." Making un pretensions to intellectual attainments, or to enjoying oven thoad ? vantage of a common English education, , Bro. Peterson, by thc exercise cf his un ' usual stock of good common senso. his . aptness of observation, and unusually . retentive memory, together with unabat ed zeal and energv in his divine calling, , auppArtrd 1>3' p.n aJnx^t unwavering fallt ! in thc promises of Him in whoso servie* ho was engaged, and by an almost uneu am pied course of sclf-saeri?eo and disin terestedness in lils attempts to furthei tho cause ho so ea rn es* ly espoused, wai I an instrument in the hatid? of God of ac ? j nomplishing a degree of good which I eternity alone can determine. Thous ands of living witnesses stand to day tc ! give their testimony in behalf of his gio riotts work while a numerous host ha? passed ou before bim into "that glon 3 land." At the (imo of his ordination in 1S.1? 5 los m?iiib?rship wa? with tho Good Hopi Baptist Church, which he Immediately moved to the Ked Bank Church, and as sumed the pastorate of tho samo, am continued in this relation with it u^u old ag?, with ?ts attendant inrirmidei forced bini to retire from active life i which i'Oeurred in tho latter part of 1S77 r ; thus ending a pastorate of 12 y?ars Nu j morons other lone pastorates had beor his fortune in life raneing ''rom 10 to li M years, a fact which spoke volume? as u i his pastoral abili'iea. and to his integrity and lid?litvns a Christian minister. And j tiie number of individu?is profession i conversion undorhis ministration, doubt. I less speaks nv'oh as io hi? nower in thf ' I pulpit,. Truly a Father in Israel ha:; fal' p ' en! His last work ha? h?rn per'ormed 1 '? Hi* long expressed wish has been grai.t t j nd ! The gate of d?atii ha? turned un>r . ? its noiseless hinges, and liberated from I ira prison elsy the captive soul which de ! sired nu! to bo (oncerseparated from rh* " j obj"Ci nf its lose! Mai y years did Io . bulb", tho storms uf Hf?, passing through ? lim thick clouds of human woe, havlni . no oilier consolation than the .sure prom ; foe? nf God: "I know that hiv Redomei t liv. ta." And alter! i? death not a singh slain can l>? pointed nut in his character I nut a single (.barge of inconsistency fol. i 1 iwshini to tho gravo! And Io! ho ooh i dies as be H vp? I, ? :n??) specimen of lb< rca! men of God ! I .'Soldier of Christ, well dono ! II Ros* from thy loved employ, " ! The battle fought rho victory won, Enter thy Master's jov.*' . RED BANK .' HITR^H. TO COITO PLOTERS. GBANITEVtLLK, S. C., .Tnlv lij, \SL j "VTOTTt'E is heroby given that thc I jLl < ; i t A NIT E VILLE M A N LT F ACTfJ ! RIN?-3 COMPANY will not ptirehaseany cotton of the incoming crop before Sop J tem ber 1st proximo. .1 AS. H. GI LES, Sec'y. Notice IS hereby given that one SAM TAL BERT, is under contract to labor on my farm during t ie present year, 1881, and that he bas violated said contract and left without my consent. He is a bright mulatto. ."> feet, S or 10 i itches high, is very lean and Rlendto*, has a lone, narrow face, rather bo? ?sh in appearance, but ??about . :> years ot'age. Ail poisons aro request cd and warned not to employ him. July27-2t .INO. K. TALBERT. THIS fine young Sadd Io and Harness STALLION will make the present (fall) season at my stable and at Dr. I) C. Tompkins's. Ten dollars the Jjisurnnce money duo, whim the fact is ascertained or the marc parted with. GRANGER, JR., was sired by Gran ger (the Yunce Horse,) he by old Maui hrlno Chief, ho by .Mamblin 'Paymaster, iie by Mam br Ino, he by imported Mes sen ger. Dion, Dollie Dinic, eraud-dam by Ara tus, eren! grand da in Hamiltonian, great great grand dum Diomede. G BANG Eli, .i H., is a dark Bay 4 yearc old, 15* hands high. He will bo at Dr. Tompkins, August 17th, and return every Otb day until SiOtbol October. R. L PR ATT, Ninety Six, S. C. July 27-?l. State of South Carolina, EDGEPIELD COUNTY. Cou rt nf Common J'Uas, P. H. Baerman, Adm'or., 7^. M Lebe schultz and others. Y virtud of an order of tho Hon. B. 'J Frcrfsioy, Cin-uit Judge, in this CAMI, dtied June 28, 1*81, all and aRigti lartho creditors of Mrs Matilda Uiwr mann. dee'd.. are r< q.iir? cl to presentaud prove tmdr claims bet?re me tm or be foru the brat day of August next. s s. TOMP?I?kS, Master/ June 29, ltWL ?iS?, ? *W*? WI 3?" T *K GAS. STE:AM AND HYDRAULIC ispm?} ? lm?m> pip Jitte 318 JACKSON STREET, ?cnr Mil Tower, AUGUSTA,GA. -:o: M^U?njFACTTJKBRS OF .AJNTID AGKE2STTS FOR OTTS "ELEVATORS" OF ALL KTNDS. RUN BY GAS, STEAM OE TATER TOWER. Hydraulic and Steam Engines, Wind Milli?, Grain Mills, Feed Cut ter-1,' Ericsson's New Ca loric I'umping l?ngjnc, Tho New Otto .Silent < ia:-; Engine, Rider's Sew Caloric Pumping Engine Dfllamater Stearn Pump, Water Rams, Injectors Ejectors, ?c, Stean. Water and Gas Fittings, Futures, and Matt rial of all Description;, Hand, Drive Well, and Power Pomps, Hose, Pipe; &c, for Steam, Water and Gas, Valves, Cocks. Water Closets, Bath Tabs, Cr?nala, Wash Stand?, Sinks, Boiler?, ?<-c., kopt in Stock. JsjE3" Estimates and Prices for Material, or fer H?auu?, befiting, or Fitting up of M'A'?. Stores cr Evidences in City or Genni, y freely furnished on application, by let ter or in person, to CHAPMAN BROTHERS, NO. 31S JACKSON STREET, NEAR BELL TOWER, AUGUSTA, GA July 21-Cm sim ? . '"' lr;;-.;' - :r:-:.rr.*---?":. M OW is the time to commen?a planting fora FA' L CROP OF TURNIPS -the raine of which cannot be overestimated-and you viii do well to ..til early and nuke your selections from the following ?Standard Varieties, -vii ef wir cb are fresh mid genuine : YELLOW GLOBE, YELLOW RUTA BAGA, WHITE FLAT DUTCH, KED TOP, WHITE GLOBE, YELLOW ABERDEEN, &c. J uly 7, ISSI-ti. i. L PW & THE BEST SS THE CHEAPEST! GIN! READ WHAT THF. PLANTERS SAY,-THE VERY BE?T IN USE. Full Satisfaction Guaranteed or .\o Sale. Sold Wilb or Without Feeder or condenser. fcesrs. Warren, Watta' .;- Co., Augusta, Gi BAIJSSB?RG, S. C. Dcm Sir?-Tbc- Hail Gin and Feeder mtrchased cf yon three years ago, has giv en'entire Hftii^Winu, ^funning ?ncli day dunne tho tbreojiCaflons, cimiing over ??-, teen--hundred (1,500) bala3 cotton with very little repair:: until thc present. Wc have experimented considerably with Gis* and legard the Hall the best Gin made. 1 : espect tally vom s, ; Signed, j T. S. & S A. 1?ATES. Er. :EFIELD C. H., S. C , .Tune 7,1881. Mesare. Wawv, Wallace <.'? Co.. Augusta, Ga . DKAR SIRS-The ?fj Saw Halt's"Self liWding Cotton Gin bought ol you last Fall ...rives perfect satisfaction. I ginned tOO bides cotton with it darinji lh? past season, leonid gin a I*.0 potted bale ir. GO minutes, ii is thc lyst combination Gin m the market, l t will pin an fast, clean the seed as woll, and make as coed a sample as anirbo??iS Gm. \ cry ?tespecifnlly, W. P. ADDISON. 063* For full pari ?cnl irs, with prices and terms, aoply to WALLACE & CRWSTO.W Gen! Agents, ? wesson to WAEREN, WALLACE ? CO. .how 22. 18S0, .ff ?fl] AUGUSTA, GA. T a Broad Si., Sear Lower harket, Augusta, Ga. LfJONUMENTS, TOMBSTONES, and MARBLE WORK ge erally al ways on hand or made to order. \ Urge section ready for lettering and delivery at shortest notice. S v nil hundreds ol new designs of the m"St modern styies oi Monuments, furnished at a lower price than ever bet?re Vj in this la-irlret, and of the be-t workmanship, ?imUr to that ..of the new ! I Confederate Monument, lecently erected bj me in thia city, rj' " *?Sm&\ XAMKVVALTER. AUGUSTA. GA , No . 25. 18S0. . Iv51 nrrrirvrrrr.rf BM BBggBB J -' EnOqaEggBgaBaaPaPCgM EYXCTTCIUiOn! ORDER YOUH mm hi PLANTATION MACHINERY, -.rv? Vi ?. 4 ND Engines ?uni Rollers, Cotton Perews, Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers. Journal 1\ Boses;'MUl Gearing, Gu.igcon's Turbine Water Wheel*; Oin Gearing, .Tud snn's Governors, Disstou's Circular Saws and Glimmers and Piles, Bolting; Babbit Metal, Brass Fitting.Globe, Hiock Valves and Whistles, Gauges, etc., Iron and Brass I aslings, Gili Ribs mid rnicctors, from ' GEO. R. LOMBARD & CO., l-V.!.<..-1. City Ko vin ti ey ?n?l Machino Worl-s, Xear /.'. Waler Tower, l,0N to l,W> Ifemneb;Street, A\>ZJ.GT'<STA, OA. REPAIRING'promptly done at lowest prices. Wc cast every ? day lxuh Iron and Brass, bavins; wreath- iiicrcaseit our capacity with latest improved tools. We are running full lime* with 'SO bands; which enables ns to tili ordern promptly lowest prices. Gir? us a trial Jjeiorc sending ofl? , fApr". HO, ISSI.-2t> .T. . nc.ilev lu All kinds of Cooking Stoves, Ranges*, Slate M an tels, Tubs, Wash boards, Brervl Trays, Biscuit Boards, Roiling Pins, Wooden and Stone Chu rn". Tin Bed-room Sets, Bath Tubs. Milk Buckets and runs,. Water (Toolers, Bird dwi, 1 lanterns, Tea" and Cotice Pots, Andirons, Shovels and Tongs, smoothing irony. Crockery and Glassware, Spoons, Knives and ?V?rica, Sieves, Knife-brick, Stove-polishv' Coflee Mills, Sheet I ron Stovo Pans. Wattle and Wafer Irons, iron and Tm Saucepans, Granite Iron Ware, th? nicest w?re ever made- for cooking vessels W liplesule or Retail. Cheapest PJacc to Buy Kin-hen Furniture. Augusta, Ga, Mar 1, ISSI.-iel3 MARBLE WOBLKLS fror. T?lfair and Campbell Sts., ONE SQUARE from UNION DEPOT. jrVTJTO-XJST-A., GEORGIA. MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES, TOMLS. and MARBLE WORK of all kinds, turtiished at nhorte-r. notice, and at prices lower than ever heard of in this cifv. work for the co 'nfrv Card.: hi Bored and ^?etivered ai Depot. WI i HO VT EXTRA CB A HO E. When necessary, I, will go and nut np t he work. *aii.Nfacif?? {.ii* ran ?ped ?isa 20*1 SHINGLES! SHINGLES!! 300,(MM? first class Cypres? shiuples for sale by D. R. GILLT-ON, Augusta, Ga. &?r Special inducements per car load lots, Julyll-lm. I DAVID LANDRETH & 80NS, Ptilb<l?U4)l% Pa>